Tag Archives: wakeboarding
November 2, 2008 Body Recovery
I hate it when I lose days. I had a list of things to do and accomplish today but have managed to do none of these things. My whole body aches after yesterday’s wakeboarding session – from my neck down to me stomach. I guess I’m pushing my own envelope with the tricks now that [...]
Tags: challenges, stress, wakeboarding
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October 6, 2008 Breaking the Plateau
For the longest time, I have been at my plateau with wakeboarding. Stuck at trying to do 2-wake jumps is not a pleasant place to be in. You are in a state of being better than average yet having nothing really to show for it and being laughable in that proper wakeboarders have mastered this [...]
Tags: 2-wake jump, heelside, photo opportunity, toeside, wakeboard, wakeboarding
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September 27, 2008 Nailed Heelside 2 Wake Jump
Last week I posted about how I am approaching my 2-wake jump1, which has taken me a grand total of 4 years to perfect2. This week at Ponggol, I finally managed to have a decent ride where I nailed quite a few of my heelside 2-wake jumps and even try a few toe-side 1-wake jumps. [...]
Tags: 2-wake, cool, wakeboard, wakeboarding
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September 21, 2008 Pulling Off the Two Wake Jump
I think they really should call me “Two-Wake” Eshin because I have embarrassingly stayed on the same trick for the last few years. It’s something that I still haven’t nailed although I am hopeful at this rate that it will be before the end of the year. So you could call me “Two-Wake” Eshin to [...]
Tags: liquid force, obrien, training, two wakes, wake jump, wakeboard, wakeboarding
August 20, 2008 Wakeboard Sunrise
This is a second test post using Shozu to see how it handles larger photos. The original is 350k. **Update** I’m not sure I like the added advertising (but it’s free) and the fact that it sits on someone else’s server. No tags added No option to choose category to post in. Facebook integration is [...]
Tags: photos, Techie Rants, wakeboard, wakeboarding
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